Arizona Oddities

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us

logo

Arizona Oddities

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us
CultureSmall Town Scene
Home›Culture›The Red Garter: A Brothel Reborn in Williams

The Red Garter: A Brothel Reborn in Williams

By Sam Lowe
December 26, 2013
3267
0

WILLIAMS — From its earliest days until now, the Red Garter has been a labor of love. The early occupants sold love, and the early patrons bought love. Now John Holst takes care of it with loving  hands.

Red Garter B&B Inn

The Red Garter B&B Inn in Williams was once a brothel.

The structure that houses the Red Garter Bed and Bakery was built in 1897 and served as a bordello for more than 40 years. The men drank on the first floor and the girls plied their trade on the second floor, reachable only by a 21-step staircase known as “the cowboy endurance test.” After the law clamped down on that form of diversion, the building became a flophouse, then a restaurant, then a warehouse.

When Holst bought it in 1979, there were 4,000 old tires stacked up inside. Holst quit his regular job and went about converting the building into a bed and breakfast with a bakery where the old saloon used to be. And now it’s inhabited by guests and, according to some of those who stay there, a ghostly apparition named Eve. Holst gets periodic reports that she wears a long dress and can be seen wandering the halls at night. Holst says she’s “harmless and shy.”

For details on sleeping over with Eve, call 800-328-1484 or visit the Red Garter B&B Inn.

(Visited 955 times, 1 visits today)

Related Posts:

  1. Who is Ol’ Bill Williams… as in Williams, AZ?
  2. Get Up Close and Personal with Deer at the Grand Canyon Deer Farm Near Williams
  3. Horsing Around at The Wigwam
  4. Hassayampa Inn Haunted by Jilted Bride
  5. Arizona’s ‘Old School’ B&Bs
Tagshistoryhotelswilliams

Leave a reply Cancel reply

Arizona Oddities Archive

Most Popular Posts

  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home
  • How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard
  • What’s With All the Backyard Concrete-Block Fences…
  • Did You Know it’s Against the Law to Grow…
  • Four Deserts, One State

This Week Past Years

2018

  • The Anthem Hitchhiker Waits for a Ride to Nowhere

2017

  • Biosphere 2 Brings a Rainforest to the Arizona Desert

2016

  • Yuma's Bridge to Nowhere

2013

  • Winslow Chamber of Commerce Housed in Old Arizona Trading Post
  • Sculpture Garden at Yavapai College Features a Fancy, 5-Foot Frog

2012

  • What is Orange Stringy Substance Covering Desert Plants?
  • Arizona History Trivia 4: Can You Pass?

2011

  • What Causes "Pool of Water" Reflections on the Road?

2010

  • The Case of The Vanishing Train Robbers
  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Find a Famous Writer and Explorer's Mountain Retreat in Greer

    Find a Famous Writer and Explorer’s Historic Mountain Retreat in Greer

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 31, 2020
  • thousands of Mexican free tail bats make Phoenix tunnel their summer home

    Thousands of Mexican Free-Tail Bats Make Phoenix Tunnel Their Summer Home

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 17, 2020
  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home

    By Andrea Aker
    January 3, 2011
  • Javelina

    How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard

    By Andrea Aker
    November 23, 2011
  • Phil Motta
    on
    August 27, 2021

    Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?

    I know this post ...
  • Carol
    on
    October 17, 2020

    The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax

    lol ... these "clues" ...

Follow us

© Copyright 2009 – 2023 Aker Ink, LLC :: Arizona Oddities is published by Aker Ink.